A healer’s power stems not from any special ability, but from maintaining the courage and awareness to embody and express the universal healing power that every human being naturally possesses.
— E. Leventhal
At heart, we all have the capacity to heal ourselves and nurture others.
Spirit, energy, thought, intention, skillful practice, and belief are available to all people.
Yet as individual expressions of the life force, we all have different paths, and not all of us feel called to healing practices.
Spiritual Healing and Social Rejection
For those of us that do feel “called” to spiritual healing, we are often met with some kind of resistance, either from our friends, our family members, or our culture. This is because spiritual healing can be frowned upon as a quasi, scientifically-misguided, charlatan practice by a society that is built on the mind and ego. While there are con artists in every practice, the genuinely beneficial aspects of spiritual healing are largely ignored because they can’t be quantified or reasoned with.
Unfortunately, this has led to a large percentage of us (particularly in Westernised societies) losing touch with traditional forms of healing. Very few of us were raised around shamans, medicine men or medicine women who could pass on ancient knowledge and holistic healing practices. Instead, as children we were taken to GPs, physicians and doctors who prescribed us with medications of all kinds. And while these medications were useful and helped to fix certain parts of us, they never aided us in healing our whole organism with its many layers.
Yet despite the way you were raised, you might still feel a strong pull towards spiritual healing, even if it “goes against the grain” of what you were taught.
So are you a spiritual healer? Let’s find out.
30 Signs You’re a Spiritual Healer
If you’re a spiritual healer, you will sense it deep down.
You might feel like an old soul who doesn’t quite belong in this time or place, an empath who feels everything too deeply, or quite simply an outsider or lone wolf who can’t seem to properly integrate into society.
On a personal level, I’ve always known in my blood and bones that I’m a healer. As a child, I was thoughtful, inquisitive, dreamy, and extremely nurturing. I remember caring for the kids at school, caring excessively for my toys, caring for stranded insects that got caught in spider webs, and caring a whole lot about the “bigger picture” in life.
I also remember playing with energy, having precognitive dreams, being hyper-sensitive to the physical and emotional environments around me and somehow always attracting wounded people into my life.
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Spiritual healers come in many shapes and forms. For example, I fulfill my role as a spiritual healer through my writing. Other people fulfill their calling through practicing reiki, kinesiology, yoga, meditation, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy, herbalism, acupuncture, EFT, and a whole range of other practices.
Spiritual healers are shamans in their own right. They are people who allow the energy of Spirit to flow through them in a way that guides, rejuvenates, and empowers others.
The spiritual healer is also a wounded healer. In other words, by healing themselves, they heal others. This is the absolute best kind of education available.
Are you a spiritual healer? Here are 30 signs that I’ve compiled in response to my own experience and those I have mentored (some might surprise you):
- You are highly sensitive to energy.
- You feel other people’s emotions and physical ailments as your own (empath).
- You are intuitive and can read others very easily.
- You are a “big picture” thinker (and don’t concern yourself too much with the details).
- You have gone through bouts of existential depression.
- You have felt like an outcast for most of your life.
- You think differently from others.
- You get overwhelmed in public easily.
- You have struggled with anxiety or panic before.
- You are the natural peacemaker between people.
- You are the confidant that people turn to in times of need.
- You experience digestive issues, lower back pain, or gain weight around the stomach (solar plexus chakra disorders).
- You feel drained after spending too much time around people
- Sensitive beings like animals and children gravitate towards you.
- Other people tend to “dump” their emotional baggage onto you to deal with.
- You think in shades of grey rather than in black and white.
- You are very aware of the interconnectedness of life and deeply respect it.
- You believe in synchronicity more than coincidences.
- You have a history of healers in the family, e.g., nurses, psychologists, massage therapists
- You’ve experienced major trauma in your life, e.g., loss of your family, life-threatening illness, near-death experience, physical/sexual/emotional abuse, war, mental illness.
- You’ve gone through a spiritual awakening.
- You’ve experienced the dark night of the soul.
- You tend to be a right-brain thinker rather than a left-brain thinker.
- You experience chronic pain in your body or an autoimmune disease (energetic blockages).
- You are EMF sensitive (electromagnetic hypersensitivity).
- You tend to attract people who need “fixing” but often get trapped in self-sacrificing roles.
- You’re an excellent and compassionate listener.
- You are naturally drawn towards healing professions that help others experience balance and wholeness.
- You can feel, distinguish between, and alter the energy within and without yourself.
- You have had numerous mystical experiences.
How many signs in this list could you identify with? I’m sure that I’ve missed a few signs of the spiritual healer here. If you think I have, just comment below and make a suggestion!
Spiritual Healer Q&A
Think you might be drawn toward the role of the spiritual healer, but are still unsure? Here are some commonly asked questions that might help you out:
Spiritual healers come in many shapes, forms, and modalities. However, overall, a spiritual healer’s focus is on the non-physical realm: the Soul, Spirit, and energetic layers of a person. Most spiritual healers focus on helping a person reconnect with their Soul by clearing away old energy, identifying inner blockages, and channeling healing energy. They may choose to work with ancestral trauma, past life issues, chakra imbalances, soul loss, or anything that is causing unhappiness and disharmony.
There are many courses out there offered to certify you and sharpen your skills, however, this is not necessary to become a spiritual healer. Spiritual healing is an innate calling that comes from the Soul: it can’t be handed to you on a piece of paper. Many people study intensively by themselves – however, with that being said, formal study can help to hone these innate talents. To become a spiritual healer, focus on what subjects and topics you’re drawn to – that is your path.
Yes and no. Spiritual healing is an inborn gift. If you’re a highly sensitive and naturally compassionate person, chances are you are a born healer. But spiritual healing doesn’t suit everyone – even those with the innate gift. To be a spiritual healer, you need to have done a lot of inner work (working through your own wounds), have a high level of integrity, and be a grounded person. Some people find spiritual healing too overwhelming and intense, so keep that in mind when pursuing this path.
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As a healer, the best possible place you could start is with yourself. As the proverb goes, “Physician, heal thyself!” Starting from within first is the best way to ensure that you have enough energy, passion, and love to give to others. I recommend exploring how to love yourself and inner child work to get started.
How many of the signs in this article could you relate to? I’d love to hear below!
All were true. Studying Shawmanism on my own. Loved this. Going to share with my fb group.
I am so much interested to know about my spritual gift and to get training on spritual care and counselling
I related to 27 of them. Question 20, wow, I’ve experienced all but 2;war and life threatening illness, unless almost dying from being an addict before I went to rehab counts. I am very close to having my bachelor’s in psychology but feel drawn to other disciplines now.
Wow. I may be a healer? Just awakening with in last few months and trying to digest everything, feeling quite overwhelmed some of the time and trying to work thru everything. Thanks for the article it maybe leading fully down the path.
Dear healer,
I love all your articles. I am psychotherapist and your articles make my work simpler and deepening. Thank you so much for the extensive information that you are sharing
Well, I had a very disfunctional childhood and I took the reins at 7 years old, I experienced a bout of depression at 7, from seeing and talking to people who weren’t there, and knowing exactly who I was, and I don’t know why at that age, I told my mother I wanted to go home, I didn’t want to do this again. So when I blocked the communication, I lost the info about my mission. I had o e abusive relationship after another. Couldn’t raise my children, so gave them to their fathers. Hitchhiker through the US, Tried almost all mind altering drugs, to escape!! Tee hee. Never stayed in o e spot to long, I have helped alot of people straighten their lives out, but mines a mess. So 10 years ago meet a wonderful man, who got me away from my family sent me to rehab, and phyc ward. Then lost my dad ,uncle, cousin brother and grandmother in 18 MO. How horrible!! So I locked myself in my room doing stuff!! (Drugs).I was bored, and came acrossed this article about awakening.
BAM I was hooked!! Finally something I could relate too! I mediated all the time, for 7 months, and one day I woke and everything quit buzzing ,spinning . It was wonderful, I was in the now!!!
It’s been two years and I’m still working on it!! I had visitor about 14 month’s ago.
I was very sick and they healed me. Thete is always 4 to 5 ships in the sky above our trailer. , I really needto find out, if something could be trying to get close, I’ve been having frightening experiences. I have no one, all my friends think I am loony. And my family well are they??? And my partner, not a believer!!!! I’m unemployed, can’t stand it to long with crowds. Haven’t worked for 8 years! I want to help people awaken, I resenated with the soul loss. I need to be somewhere else I feel it, but broke. I’m not computer savvy and don’t have one ,just phone. I’m stuck, and my anxiety!!!!
What do you suggest?
i have read all you have written and i identify with all but a few
this could be that my calling if i have one is attached to my african background but its nice having being understood by someone which means this is not me going insane
I know I am a healer. Just about everything on the list is me. I believe because I have suffered trauma I have been blessed with a gift to bring healing to others. Yes it took a huge amount of work to get here. A lot of tears and pain. I am doing in life what I am called to do and that is to be a healer to others.
Yes, something that was left out was having what are called, or known as “healing hands”.
I have, and know how to use healing through my hands alone, and can also use this energy to heat cold water in a faucet when the hot water is on the fritz…
I have everything on your list, including healing hands., And have known I’m a healer for quite some time.
So true! Healing hands. Please let’s get everyone with Healing hands to uphold truth, light, joy, LOVE!